The apex of the ordinary hierarchy. Its normative resolutions are treated as part of the applicable law rather than as mere guidance, which is a civil-law feature worth noting for anyone reading Kazakh authority. An Administrative Justice Code in force since 2021 introduced a genuine administrative procedure with the burden placed on the state body.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Apex court of the ordinary hierarchy
- Jurisdiction
- Cassation review in civil, criminal and administrative matters, and issuing normative resolutions that bind the lower courts.
- Seat
- Astana
- Established
- 1991
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